Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
National Capital Region
DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS – MANILA
Manila Education Center Arroceros Forest Park
Antonio J. Villegas St. Ermita, Manila

ENGLISH 10
Quarter 1 Week 2 Module 2
No to Fake News Report!

Most Essential Learning Competency:

Use information from news reports, speeches,
informative talks, and panel discussions in
everyday life.

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 HOW DO YOU USE THIS MODULE?

Before starting the module, I want you to set aside other tasks that will disturb
you while enjoying the lessons. Read the simple instructions below to successfully enjoy
the objectives of this kit. Have fun!

1. Follow carefully all the contents and instructions indicated in every page of this
module.

2. Write on your notebook the concepts about the lessons. Writing enhances learning,
that is important to develop and keep in mind.

3. Perform all the provided activities in the module.

4. Let your facilitator/guardian assess your answers using the answer keycard.

5. Analyze conceptually the posttest and apply what you have learned.

6. Enjoy studying!

PARTS OF THE MODULE

• Expectations - These are what you will be able to know after completing the
lessons in the module.
• Pre-test - This will measure your prior knowledge and the concepts to be mastered
throughout the lesson.
• Looking Back to your Lesson - This section will measure what learnings and
skills did you understand from the previous lesson.
• Brief Introduction- This section will give you an overview of the lesson.
• Activities - This is a set of activities you will perform with a partner.
• Remember - This section summarizes the concepts and applications of the
lessons.
• Check your Understanding- It will verify how you learned from the lesson.
• Post-test - This will measure how much you have learned from the entire module.

LESSON 1.2 SAY NO TO FAKE NEWS REPORT!

EXPECTATIONS:

1. Identify the different parts of a news report;

2. Note important details in writing a news article;
3. Write a news report.
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 PRE – TEST

Directions: Do you still read newspapers every day? Let us see if you could identify
the following parts of a news article. Choose from the pool of words below.

1. ________________ is the title of a news article report

2. ________________ the writer of the news report.
3. ________________ tells the place where the report was written..
4. ________________ the first paragraph of the news article which contains the
important details like who, where, when and what happened.
5. ________________ the remaining paragraphs of a news article which contains
the explanation of the report.
6. _________________ the illustration related to the news article.
byline picture body paragraph
headline placeline lead

LOOKING BACK TO YOUR LESSON

Do you still recall about the informative speech and persuasive speech
discussed in the previous lesson?
Using the table below, state the purpose and functions of informative and
persuasive speech.

INFORMATIVE SPEECH PERSUASIVE SPEECH

Writing an informative speech is one way of acquiring, and sharing facts,

knowledge and information for deeper understanding about a topic. Another way of
obtaining facts in everyday life is through reading or writing a news article report.

INTRODUCTION

PARTS OF THE NEWS ARTICLE

In writing a news article, it is important to convey all the relevant
information in a limited word count and give the facts to the target audience

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concisely. Here’s the 5 parts of news article that will guide you in writing a well-
organized paragraph and will help you translate information clearly and concisely.

Headline: This is a short, attention-getting statement about the event.

Byline: This tells who wrote the story.
Placeline: This tells where the news report was written
Lead paragraph: This has ALL of the who, what, when, where, why and
how in it. A writer must find the answers to these questions and write
them into the opening sentence(s) of the article.

Body Paragraphs includes the following:

Explanation: After the lead paragraph has been written, the writer must
decide what other facts or details the reader might want to know. The
writer must make sure that he/she has enough information to answer
any important questions a reader might have after reading the headline
and the lead paragraph. This section can also include direct quotes from
witnesses or bystanders.

Additional Information: This information is the least important. Thus, if

the news article is too long for the space it needs to fill, it can be
shortened without rewriting any other part. This part can include
information about a similar event.
(Headline)

(Byline)
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
___________________ (Lead
Paragraph) https://www.historyisfun.org/pdf/teaoverboard/Newspaper
_Article_Format.pdf

Tips on Writing a News Article

Writing a Good Lead

• The lead, or the first few sentences, needs to be strong enough to grab the
reader's attention and make them want to read more.

• If it's a hard news story, which is breaking or up-to-the-minute news, then

include as many facts as you can in the summary of the story. If it's a soft
news story, like a human interest story or background information, then you
can place the facts in the body of the story.

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 • Leads tell the reader what the story is about and why it's important. Beyond
that, it tells the reader why they should read the whole story. Think of it
from the perspective of telling a friend about the latest news.

• A common error in leads happens when it focuses on more than one main
idea. When this happens, the reader can't be sure what the story is about.

• Avoid burying the lead (also written as "bury the lede"). This refers to when
you fail to emphasize the most important or most interesting part of the
story, starting out with secondary information first. By its nature, the lead is
meant to lure readers in. If a reader loses interest after the first paragraph,
because you buried the lead in the second or third paragraph, they may not
ever get to why this story should matter to them.

• Leads will exclude certain readers if they're full of jargon. Make sure the
news report is suitable for everyone to read.

Examples of a Good Lead

Below, you'll find a few examples of particularly grabbing leads. See if they
encourage you to want to read on.
• "On the second floor of an old Bavarian palace in Munich, Germany, there's a
library with high ceilings, a distinctly bookish smell and one of the world's most
extensive collections of Latin texts. About 20 researchers from all over the world
work in small offices around the room." - Byrd Pinkerton, NPR

• "A Center City school teacher got enough kisses today to last-well, maybe not a
lifetime, but a few weeks, anyway. Mary Saint Clair kissed 110 men at the annual
fund-raiser for the local zoo. At ten bucks a kiss, she raised eleven hundred dollars
for the zoo. When she turned the money over to zoo officials, she joked that all the
animals were not behind bars." - School Video News

• "The million-to-one shot came in. Hell froze over. A month of Sundays hit the
calendar. Don Larsen today pitched a no-hit, no-run, no-man-reach-first game in a
World Series." - Clear Voice

Tips for Better Writing

• In news writing, always follow the inverted pyramid. That is, place the most
pressing facts at the start of the article and close with the least compelling
elements.

• Avoid long or complicated words. A news story isn't the place to impress people
with your intelligence or command of the English language.

• Choose short sentences over lengthy sentences that require many forms of
punctuation. Here are six basic punctuation rules to consider.

• Follow a simple subject-verb-object form. For more on that, here are 20 rules of
subject-verb agreement.

• Don't use too many commas. Try to adhere to these eight comma rules.

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• Each paragraph should introduce a new idea and, like sentences, be short and to
the point. Consider dropping in a few transition words, where appropriate.

• Never use more than two prepositional phrases. These are phrases like, "According
to the national weather forecast…" Here are some added prepositional phrases
examples.

Remember that the core objective of a great news report is to convey the fact in a
compelling and easy-to-understand manner. Get to the point and use shorter
sentences.
https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/grammar-rules-and-tips/tips-on-writing-a-
news-report.html

ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITY 1
Directions: Read the news article and analyze each part using the guide
questions below.

Duterte: Send home 24,000 quarantined OFWs in 1 week, expedite

release of COVID test results

By: Krissy Aguilar - Reporter/@KAguilarINQ INQUIRER.net / 07:19 AM May 25, 2020

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has given the Department of

Labor and Employment (DOLE), Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA)
and the Department of Health (DOH) a week to send home some 24,000 overseas
Filipino workers (OFWs) who are awaiting their coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) results in various quarantine facilities, Malacañang said Monday.

“Inutusan po ng ating Presidente and DOLE, OWWA, at ang DOH na meron

lamang silang isang linggo para masiguro na lahat po ng 24,000 na OFWs na
kapatid nating mga Pilipino na nagaantay ng resulta ay mapauwi sa kani kanilang
probinsya,” Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said on state-run PTV4.

(The President ordered DOLE, OWWA and DOH to make sure that the
24,000 OFWs awaiting their COVID-19 test result are sent home within week.)

According to Roque, the President said the concerned agencies may utilize
all government resources to ferry the OFWs back to their provinces.

Duterte also said there is a need to boost coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) testing nationwide.

“Nagsabi din ang ating Pangulo na kinakailangan palakasin na ang PCR

[polymerase chain reaction] testing sa iba’t ibang lugar ng Pilipinas, hindi lamang
dito sa Metro Manila nang sa ganon, pupuwede na silang umuwi diretso sa

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kanilang mga probinsya ang mga OFWs at doon na sila magpakuha ng PCT
COVID-19 test,” he said.

(The President also saw the need to beef up PCR testing nationwide and not
only in Metro Manila. That way, OFWs can be tested in their home provinces.)

A number of repatriated OFWs have complained that they have been

confined to quarantine facilities beyond the mandatory 14-day isolation period due
to the delay in the release of their COVID-19 test results.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1280411/duterte-send-home-24000-quarantined-
ofws-in-1-week-expedite-release-of-covid-test-results#ixzz6NSXvcYoB
Questions:
1. What is the article all about or what is the
headline?____________________________________________
2. Who wrote the article?__________________________________________
3. What do you think were the relevant facts in the article?
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
4. Is there a needed information that was missing in the article?___________
5. News story is effective if it answers 5 basic WH-questions. Answer the WH-
questions organizer below with facts from the article.
WHAT? What event/ thing happened?
WHO? Who were the people involved in the event/ thing?
WHERE? Where did the event/ thing happen?
WHEN? When did the event/ thing happen?
WHY? Specifically, why did the event/thing happen?
HOW? Specifically, how did the event thing happen?

6. In writing news articles, punctuation marks shall be observed. What do

you think is the importance of the quotation mark in a news report?
_____________________________________________________________________

ACTIVITY 2

Directions: Below is an article about 19 vegetable vendors who were

arrested in Quezon City. Read and analyze the paragraphs, then arrange
them to write an effective news articles. Be able to follow the different parts
in writing news article.

1. Flora Santos-Assidao, leader of the progressive group Sanlakas, said the

vendors were only forced to go out and sell goods for fear of going hungry
as the National Task Force COVID-19 mulls a 15 to 20-day extension of
the enhanced community quarantine.

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 2. According to a police report, the vendors were nabbed after they were
caught illegally selling goods along Elliptical corner Maharlika Street at
Barangay Old Capitol Site in Quezon City at about 5:15 p.m.

3. Nineteen vegetable vendors were arrested in Quezon City on Saturday for

“illegal street vending” amid the enhanced community quarantine due to
the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) crisis.

4. “Unless this government finds a speedy way of delivering its promise of

support to the people, the struggling poor will continue to find ways to
survive on their own,” Santos-Assidao said in a statement.

5. She also claimed that many of those arrested have yet to receive relief
goods or financial assistance from the local government.

6. Police said the vendors, who are now detained at the Anonas Police
Station, will be facing charges for violation of City Ordinance 1364 series
of 2003 or illegal street vending and Republic Act 11332 or the Mandatory
Reporting of Notifiable Diseases and Health Events of Public Health
Concern Act.

7. The progressive group leader appealed to the Quezon City Police District
for the release of those arrested, and asked them to “extend compassion”
for those “in the fringes of society.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2020/04/05/19-vegetable-vendors-who-feared-going-hungry-arrested-
in-qc/

ACTIVITY 3
Directions: Study the picture carefully. Try to make a news article related to
the picture and the WH-information posted below.

https://ph.news.yahoo.com/philippine-slums-heat-hunger-toll-111943803.html

Who: Poor Filipino families

What: Struggles for food to eat
Where: Metro Manila and Provinces
When: Since March

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 Why: Community lockdown, Enhanced Community Quarantine
How: Lost of jobs of the head of the family and lack of food supplies

REMEMBER

A news article explains a real-life event. It presents basic information

like the persons involved, place, time and what happened. A news report
contains a headline, byline, placeline, lead and body paragraphs. Quotations
are important in a news report because they are statements from key
witnesses or part of the story.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_NmVtnEEA8

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

Directions: Read the statements or group of words below and identify what part of
a news report they belong.

1. By Angelo Recuenco
2. Manila, Philippines
3. 300 to 400 workers benefiting from PNP free ride project daily
4. PNP Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Berbard Banac said the 11,489
stranded workers assisted by the police vehicles were from
Metro Manila.

“We have been assisting an average of 300 to 400 stranded

workers and commuters everyday since we launched our
“Libreng Sakay (Free Ride) program,” said Banac.

The national government has suspended public transportation

since March 19. While some forms of public transport have
been allowed to operate, strict rules on physical distancing are
observed, effectively reducing vehicle passenger capacity.

5. More than 11,000 stranded workers and commuters have

benefited from the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) free ride
program set up to assist commuters coping with the lack of
public transportation amid the strict implementation of
quarantine rules.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2020/06/08/300-to-400-workers-benefiting-from-pnp-free-ride-project-
daily/

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 ASSESSMENT

Directions: (Refer to your written output in Activity 3.) Ask someone from your
family to evaluate your work using the rubric for writing a news report.

Scoring Rubric for Newspaper Article

Criteria Needs Satisfactory Very Outstanding

Improvement Satisfactory
Factual One fact is Two facts are Three facts are Four or more facts
Information included in the included in the included in the are included in the
article. article. article. article
Accuracy One fact is Two facts are Three facts are All facts are
accurate. accurate. accurate. accurate.
Organization The article is The article is The article is The article is well
poorly well organized well organized organized and
organized with with two errors. with one minor written in a logical
more than two error. order.
errors.
Message The message to The message to The message to The message to the
the reader is the reader is the reader is reader is clear and
unclear. somehow clear. clear. The strong. The
message may author’s message
provoke an urge provokes an urge
to react from to react from the
the reader. reader.
Mechanics The article has The article has The article has The article is free
five or more 3-4 grammar or 1-2 grammar or from grammar and
grammar or spelling errors. spelling errors spelling errors.
spelling errors.
https://www.tpsnva.org/teach/l_p/047/newspaper_rubric.pdf

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Name: _______________________ Grade and Sec.______________

Say No to Fake News!

REFLECTIVE LEARNING SHEET

Directions: Write a reflective learning on writing only true information in news

article reports by answering the questions inside the box. You may express your
answers in a more critical and creative presentation of your great learning. Have
fun and enjoy!

Lessons on writing What other example

What learnings have
true information in can I contribute to
I found from this
news articles guide explore and think
lesson?
me to reflect on… more?

What learnings can What good What is my

I share with my character have I conclusion on the
family and peers? developed from this lesson?

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 REFERENCES

Articles Online

Aguilar, Krissy.”Duterte Sends Home 24,000 Quarantined OFWs in 1 Week,

Expedite Release of Covid Test Results.” The Inquiere News. May 26, 2020.
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1280411/duterte-send-home-24000-quarantined-
ofws-in-1-week-expedite-release-of-covid-test-results#ixzz6NSXvcYoB.

Recuenco, Aaron. “300 to 400 Workers Benefiting from PNP Free Ride Project Daily”
The Manila Bulletin News. Accessed June 9, 20202.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2020/06/08/300-to-400-workers-benefiting-
from-pnp-free-ride-project-daily/.

Tiangco, Minka Claudia. “19 Vegetable Vendors Who Feared Going Hungry Arrested
in QC.” The Manila Bulletin News. Accessed May 30, 2020
https://news.mb.com.ph/2020/04/05/19-vegetable-vendors-who-feared-
going-hungry-arrested-in-qc/.

Images

Gonzales, Nuria. “Writing a News Report” Accessed May 26, 2020.

http://iamstilllearning0.blogspot.com/2019/03/writing-news-report.html

Yahoo! News. “Philippine Slums, Heat, Hunger Take a Toll Under Lockdown.”
May 25, 2020. https://ph.news.yahoo.com/philippine-slums-heat-hunger-
toll- 111943803.html.

PNGFLOW.com. “Free Transparent Emojis.” Downloaded June 15, 2020

https://www.pngflow.com/en/free-transparent-png-mokqn/download.

Videos

Heart Lake Literacy.” Creating a News Report.” February 19, 2014. YouTube
Video, 4:13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_NmVtnEEA8

Websites

Historyisfun.org. “Newspaper Article Format” Downloaded May 30, 2020.

https://www.historyisfun.org/pdf/tea-overboard/Newspaper_Article_Format.pdf

Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources. “Newspaper Article Rubric”

https://www.tpsnva.org/teach/l_p/047/newspaper_rubric.pdf

YourDictionary.com. ”Tips on Writing a News Report.” Accessed June 18, 2020

https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/grammar-rules-and-tips/tips-on-
writing-a-news-report.html

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 Acknowledgements

Writer: Maricar R. Rodriguez-, Master Teacher II

Editor: Sheila M. Vergara, Head Teacher VI

Reviewer: Vicente M. Victorio, Jr. EPS

Management Team: Maria Magdalena M. Lim-Schools Division Superintendent-

Manila; Aida H. Rondilla-Chief Education Supervisor; Lucky S. Carpio-EPS;
and, Lady Hannah C Gillo, Librarian II-LRMS

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